Harrow and cultivator



(No Model.)

W. H. OARRUTH.

HARROW AND OULTIVATOR. No. 271,599. Patented Feb.6. 1883.

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NITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.-

\VILLIAM H. OARRUTH, OF BOLIVAR, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE WV. RANDOLPH, OF MONTEZUMA, TENNESSEE.

HARROW AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 271,599, dated February 6, 1883.

Application filed October 27, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. OARRUTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bolivar, in the county of Hardeman and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harrows and Oultivators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the 0 art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreferenc'e ma-rked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

in combined barrow and cultivator. and is adapted to permit the adjustment of the shovels or teeth at any desired angle to the plants or to the ground; and the nature of myin- 2o vention consists in the combination and art rnngement of parts substantially as hereinafier more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improved combined harrow and cultivator. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, and Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are views of details thereof.

lncarrying out my invention I employ a frame, A, preferably of an approximate link 0 shape, as seen in Fig. 3.

B is the beam, extending right-angularly through and pivoted within the link crossframe A by means of one of a series of teeth,

O, passed through the frame and the beam,

5 the rest of the said teeth passing through and bolted to said link-shaped frame A, as seen particularly in Fig. 3. At the rear end of said beam is bolted or secured the cultivator shovel or plow B. The teeth 0 form the bar- 0 row portion of the machine, the beam having affixed to it the usual or ordinary handles, D.

E is a semicircular guiding-plate, with its ends fixed or bolted to the ends of the'linkshaped frame A, while it also passes through 5 a clip or staple, F, bolted to the top of the said beam. The semicircular plate E may be cast with an arm or brace, G, and when it is so constructed the arm or brace is bolted to and adapted to embrace the frame A, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5, to strengthen the implement.

H is a short lever, pivoted to one side of the clip or staple F, and having a pawl, I, held This invention pertains to an improvement (No model.)

under the action of a spring, b, and adapted to pass through an aperture in said clip or staple to engage with any one of the adjusting-apertures a in the plate E, as seen in Fig.

6, the purpose of which is to enable (by operating a cord or rod, J, connected to the upper end of the lever H and extending along one of the cultivator or harrow handles D and adjusted to its rear end) the adjustment and retention of the teeth or shovel at any desired angle for working the plants or pulverizing the ground, the beam, to which the draft is con uected, being capable of turning, as above intimated, upon the burrow tooth passing through, it.

I attach importance to my link-shaped frame, which is strong and durable, and on substan- 7o tially the same horizontal plane as the beam B,to which it is centrally and readilyattached.

I am aware that it is old to hinge by means of a clip a supplemental beam to one side of a plow-beam and to connect them by a perforated are, also that a cross-beam, having teeth secured thereto has been pivoted adjustably to the under side of a plow-beam.

Having thus fully described myinvention,

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 8o ent- 1. In a combined cultivator and barrow, the beam B, extending through and pivoted directly to the link-shaped cross-frame A, the latter being pivoted to and extending about equidistant from the beam B, and having harrow-teeth O, apertured plate E, having a brace,

G, at each end thereof, clip F, and'a locking device, all in combination as and for the purpose set forth. 9o

2. In a combined culrivatorand barrow, the combination of the beam B, provided at its rear end with a cultivator shovel or plow, B, the link-shaped cross-frame A, having harrowteeth 0, one of which forms a pivotal point 5 for the beam B, and adjusting mechanism consisting of the serially-apertured curved plate E, apertured clip F, spring-pawl I, lever B, and operating medium J, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I/VILLIAM H. OARRUTH.

Witnesses:

R. P. BIRKHEAD, JNO. T. SENTER. 

